Track Your balloon
There are 3 ways to track your balloon. 1 – Click on the leaderboard on your homepage: 2 – Use the search box on your homepage: 3 – See balloons in flight:
Uploading Your Logo
Let’s take a look at how to add your logo. The logo only displays on your full web page (not on the mobile view): Before we can add the logo we need to resize the maximum width or height to 150px. Adding anything bigger will cover other parts of your page. Next we need to […]
I want to offer FREE balloons
You can set the balloon price to £0 and all the balloons can be added for free – there’s no limit to the number of balloons that can be added. However – you wont want the “Buy a Balloon” button so you can change it to “Get a Balloon”. In your admin area select “Show” […]
Donation Websites, ParentPay & Third Party Platforms
Donation websites are amazing, especially if they include gift aid. The pitfalls are their limited customisation, usually they only allow you to add a DONATE button with some wording. You need to somehow collect all the balloon data and contact info (so you can contact the winners). The 1st option below avoids uploading CSVs & […]
PayPal
16/09/2022 – We have removed Paypal from the platform so it’s no longer an option. Unfortunately it created more problems than solutions with too many failed payments, clients having postage added to balloons and problems with card payments. It’s also expensive @ 39p per transaction (30p + 3%). Here’s more info on the server upgrade […]
Will the race start automatically?
Yes – the race starts and finishes automatically. The balloons move at 25 & 55 minutes past every hour so don’t panic when all balloons stay on 0km for the first 24 minutes. You control when sales finish by selecting “Hide” for the “Buy a Balloon” button. The race will finish automatically and display the […]
Setting up Third Party shop
See also: Donation Website To help with selling balloons from your own website/platform you can link the “Buy a Balloon” button direct to your balloon shop. To give your shop some colour you can download promotional images and all the balloon colours here. The balloon race platform allows you to upload balloons with a CSV […]
Valentine’s Virtual Balloon Race
We’ve now added heart shaped balloons to the selection to cater for valentines themes and the growing number of Hospice orders. As we approach valentine’s day I noticed a number of races with start and finish dates on 14th February. It’s also a popular emoji used in messages on charity and hospice leaderboards, so I’m […]
Adding custom balloons
To keep the cost down the balloon race is designed for 1 size fits all – to pay £30+vat it’s best to try to use it as it is. As the race grows I am getting asked more and more for custom balloons to fit different markets and themes. Question: I am curious as to […]
Bacs (Card Payments)
Card payments are setup by default when your order is placed so you’re ready to start selling . If you want to remove this option scroll down your admin page and select “hide” for the “Buy a Balloon” button. On a test sample of 100 races we sent an average BACS payment of £272.40 per […]
Sharing your URL
Following the server move in 2023 you now have unique URLs for all your pages: You can now link directly to any part of your race. Examples below for your homepage, sales page, full leaderboard or balloons in flight: https://www.balloonrace.net/beta https://www.balloonrace.net/beta/registerballoon https://www.balloonrace.net/beta/leaderboard https://www.balloonrace.net/beta/islandcontent The previous ASP server only allowed a unique link to your homepage […]